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Lois Bourne
Lois Bourne in 2010.
Title	high priestess
Personal life
Born	10 April 1928
Died	22 December 2017 (2017-12-23) (aged 89) Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Home town	Hertfordshire
Other names	Tanith
Religious life
Religion	Wicca
Temple	Bricket Wood coven
Sect	Gardnerian Wicca

Lois Bourne (10 April 1928 – 22 December 2017) who also went under the craft name Tanith, was an influential figure in the Neopagan religion of Wicca, having been involved in it from the early 1960s, and wrote a number of books on the subject. Originally initiated into Gardnerian Wicca by Gerald Gardner, she rose to become the high priestess of the Bricket Wood coven, the first Wiccan coven started by Gerald Gardner, which was based in Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire, working alongside the high priest Jack Bracelin.

Kirkus Reviews described her book Witch Amongst Us - The Autobiography of a Witch as "...sanely written and, in many ways, it is a convincing story of her life as a witch."

Lois Bourne died at the age of 89 in Watford, England on Friday night, 22 December 2017.

Bibliography

• Witch Amongst Us - the Autobiography of a Witch (1979; republished 1989) ISBN 0-7090-3761-9
• Conversations with a Witch (1989; republished 2002) ISBN 978-0-7090-7064-1
• Dancing with Witches (1998; republished 2006) ISBN 0-7090-8074-3
• Spells to Change Your Life (2003) ISBN 978-1-904435-10-5

Notes

1. A Witch (Still) Amongst Us: Remembering Lois Bourne, Wiccan Rede Online, 27 Oct 2018
2. Witch Amongst Us: The Autobiography of a Witch, Kirkus, 20 May 1986
3. Obituary, Lois Bourne, 1928 – 2017. The Wild Hunt, 11 Jan 2018

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History	History of Wicca Etymology of Wicca Wicca and LGBT people Dettmer v. Landon
Traditions	British Traditional Alexandrian Wicca Algard Wicca Blue Star Wicca Central Valley Wicca Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca Gardnerian Wicca Other 1734 Tradition Celtic Wicca Church and School of Wicca Cochrane's Craft Coven of Atho Dianic Wicca Faery Wicca Feri Georgian Wicca Odyssean Wicca Reclaiming Seax-Wica Stregheria Universal Eclectic Wicca
Notable figures	Gerald Gardner Doreen Valiente Alex Sanders Maxine Sanders Sybil Leek Dafo Margot Adler Victor Anderson Artemis Gavin Bone Lois Bourne Jack Bracelin Raymond Buckland Eddie Buczynski Zsuzsanna Budapest Charles Cardell Ipsita Roy Chakraverti Patricia Crowther Vivianne Crowley Robert Cochrane Scott Cunningham Phyllis Curott Cerridwen Fallingstar Janet Farrar Stewart Farrar Raven Grimassi Gavin Frost Yvonne Frost Philip Heselton Frederic Lamond Rosaleen Norton Silver RavenWolf Starhawk Joseph Wilson
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